Inspiring, provocative, prophetic, and enigmatic, Utopia is the literary masterpiece of a visionary statesman and one of the most influential books of the modern world.
Table of Contents
Preface
Translator's Note
Abbreviations
The Text of Utopia 1
Backgrounds
[The Guardians] Plato 101
[The Golden Age and After] Ovid 103
The Acts of the Apostles � [The Community] 105
[Saturn's Age] Lucian 106
[Naboth's Vineyard] St. Ambrose 109
[Monastic Rules] St. Benedict 112
Chapter 33 112
Chapter 34 113
From The Land of Cockayne Anonymous 113
From The Four Voyages Amerigo Vespucci Vespucci, Amerigo 117
The First Voyage 117
The Fourth Voyage 121
[The Problems of the Realm] G. R. Elton Elton, G. R. 122
The Humanist Circle: Letters 127
Peter Giles to Jerome de Busleyden 129
Jerome de Busleyden to Thomas More 131
Guillaume Bude to Thomas Lupset 134
Erasmus of Rotterdam to Johann Froben 140
Thomas More to Peter Giles 142
From Erasmus to Ulrich von Hutten 144
Criticism
Overview: The Critical Traditions 157
[A Satire on Crying Abuses] Frederic Seebohm Seebohm, Frederic 159
From The Roots of More's Socialism Karl Kautsky Kautsky, Karl 162
The Meaning of Utopia R. W. Chambers Chambers, R. W. 167
From Utopia and the Problems of 1516 172
[More the Social Critic] Russell Ames Ames, Russell 179
The Roots of Utopia and All Evil J. H. Hexter Hexter, J. H. 190
[A Jolly Invention] C. S. Lewis Lewis, C. S. 198
From Humanism and Communism: The Background Edward L. Surtz Surtz, Edward L. 202
From Varieties of Literary Utopias Northrop Frye Frye, Northrop 213
From Denying the Contrary: More's Use of Litotes in the Utopia Elizabeth McCutcheon McCutcheon, Elizabeth 220
[An Intricate, Intimate Compromise] Alistair Fox Fox, Alistair 228
From Words and Deeds Dominic Baker-Smith Baker-Smith, Dominic 241
From Greek Nonsense in More's Utopia Eric Nelson Nelson, Eric 259
Utopia's Modern Progeny 285
From Brave New World Aldous Huxley Huxley, Aldous 286
From The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin Le Guin, Ursula K. 297
Suggestions for Further Reading 305
Index 311
